Biden To Join Obama In Scranton, Pa., Stop

US President Barack Obama speaks alongside US Vice President Joe Biden (L) attend a LGBT (the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community) Pride Month celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2013. He praised the courage of people who came out as being LGBT, and those who supported them. From the Senate to the NBA, Obama said, "We're reaching a turning point." He said the US has become more loving as a country. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

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SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — The White House says Vice President Joe Biden will join President Barack Obama in Scranton on the final leg of the president’s upcoming bus tour through New York state and northeastern Pennsylvania.

Obama is scheduled to appear Friday at Lackawanna College, part of a two-day swing to promote affordability in higher education. He’s also planning stops in Buffalo, Syracuse and Binghamton, N.Y.

Biden spent part of his childhood in Scranton and has returned several times since becoming vice president.